NGC 2544
NGC 2544
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
131 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 131 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2544 as it looked roughly 131 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 2641Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3147Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3155Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 2389Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3061Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3183Barred spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3147Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3155Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 2389Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3061Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3183Barred spiral23 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).